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COVID-19 rapid tests — a tool that experts consider vital to fighting the pandemic — will not be shipped to Canadian provinces and territories come year’s end, and some fear “it may be too soon” for such a decision.“Rapid tests are an amazing tool. So if not those, then what,” Colin Furness, infection control epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s faculty of information, questioned while speaking to Global News Friday.

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COVID-19: West London, Ont. rapid test site permanently closes on Friday

Thames Valley Family Health Team (TVFHT) say the rapid molecular COVID-19 testing centre in west London, Ont., will close permanently on Friday.The testing centre opened inside the Springbank Medical Centre at 460 Springbank Dr. in early January and gave eligible Londoners a new option to receive a rapid COVID-19 test.The testing centre’s permanent closure is tied to “low testing volumes and the increase in access to Rapid Antigen Testing in the community,” according to a release from TVFHT shared on Wednesday.

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COVID-19: Health minister says Alberta’s rapid test program still going strong

In the latest edition of Health Matters, Su-Ling Goh tells us how Alberta’s health minister says the province’s COVID-19 rapid test program is still going strong, what the latest COVID-19 numbers are in Alberta and what health officials are recommending to stay safe on Easter weekend.

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Vaccinated Canadians can have COVID-19 symptoms despite testing negative. Here’s why

As Canada heads towards a sixth wave of COVID-19 with rising cases and hospitalizations across the country, experts say people can still test negative on a rapid test in the first few days they have symptoms.

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COVID-19: Latest on rapid test rollout in B.C.

Global’s Keith Baldrey has the latest on the rollout of rapid tests for COVID-19 by the B.C. government.

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Alberta reaches highest-ever active cases of COVID-19 as rapid tests still scarce

On Thursday, there were 62,000 active lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Alberta — the highest amount ever in the province since the pandemic began. It comes as COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits are still hard to come by.

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At-home COVID-19 rapid test kits now available for k-6 Alberta schools with outbreaks

Alberta Education Minister Arianna LaGrange announces at-home COVID-19 rapid test kits are available for kindergarten to Grade 6 students and staff at schools on outbreak status.

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COVID-19 rapid test kits distributed by Nova Scotia schools have expired tests

Schools across the province have been sending rapid test kits home with students from pre-primary to Grade 6. The goal is to detect COVID-19 cases sooner by allowing parents to test their children at home.

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COVID-19: Saskatchewan ordering more rapid test kits, may look for other options as demand grows

rapid tests than kits to go home with students to test for COVID-19.Rapid testing kits were distributed to Saskatchewan schools this week, and across the board, the school divisions said the same thing: many schools are running low, or have families on waitlists.

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US to increase at-home COVID-19 rapid test availability

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Guelph’s public health unit will participate in COVID-19 rapid test program in schools

COVID-19 rapid test program in schools and licensed child-care settings.The Ontario government announced on Tuesday morning that tests for unvaccinated students with no symptoms will be made available to locations where transmission is high. Ontario announces ‘targeted’ COVID-19 rapid test program in schools Within hours of that announcement, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health announced its intention to participate and that planning locally is already underway.“I am pleased to see the province add this layer of protection,” said medical officer of health Dr.

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How to take a COVID-19 rapid test

Sarah Mostowich from the StaySafe initiative in Ontario’s Waterloo Region demonstrates how to take a rapid antigen test for COVID-19.

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Sunny Hostin & Ana Navarro Tested Negative for COVID-19 on Rapid Tests Taken After 'The View' On-Air Fiasco

There was an on-air fiasco today on The View when it was announced that co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro both tested positive for breakthrough cases of COVID-19, which led to their removal from the stage.

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott tests negative for COVID-19

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Governor Greg Abbott tweeted Saturday that he is now testing negative for COVID-19.This is less than a week after confirming he had received a positive COVID-19 test in a video recorded at the Governor's Mansion on Tuesday."I am told that my infection was brief & mild because of the vaccination I received," claimed Abbott in his Tweet.A spokesperson for the governor, Mark Miner, said Abbott received Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody treatment after his initial positive test.Abbott says he will continue to quarantine.AdvertisementEarlier this week the Texas Supreme Court dismissed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott’s request that it disallow mask mandates in Texas school districts.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID-19

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a statement from his communications director.According to the statement, Abbott tested positive today, which was his first positive test result amid daily tests.

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New COVID-19 rapid test kit receives scientific seal of approval

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Alberta increasing access to COVID-19 rapid testing program

COVID-19.Businesses and service providers that want to offer rapid testing will no longer need to have a health-care provider oversee their program. Edmonton airport staff being offered rapid COVID-19 testing through 8-week mobile lab program Organizations will be able to participate in the rapid testing program independently.

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SHA expands Regina COVID-19 drive-thru testing site due to high demand

COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in Regina are expanding, the Saskatchewan Health Authority said.Beginning Wednesday, the site will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week.“With the increase in COVID-19 variants of concern in the Regina area, it’s more important than ever to get tested, even if you have mild symptoms or feel you’ve been in a situation where transmission has occurred,” said the authority in a press release Wednesday.

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Consent forms will be issued to staff and parents for Alberta COVID-19 rapid test pilot

Alberta Education Minister Adrianna LaGrange says parents and staff will need to sign consent forms as part of the province’s pilot project to roll out COVID-19 rapid testing in two schools.

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COVID-19: Alberta expands rapid testing to schools, oil and gas, meat-packing plants

COVID-19 rapid testing program to target asymptomatic people in various sectors across the province, including oil and gas, schools and banks.Students at two Calgary schools — one in the Calgary Board Education and one in the Calgary Catholic School District — will be involved in a pilot rapid testing program, which will begin as early as next week.Officials are hoping to learn if rapid tests will be an effective way of managing outbreaks, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said Thursday. How rapid tests are being used to test for COVID-19 across Canada She said the tests will be done on staff and students who don’t have symptoms of the novel coronavirus.

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Portable, rapid testing units grease wheels at Brier in Calgary’s curling bubble

coronavirus.The Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee purchased 17 Hyris Bcube units from Songbird Life Sciences in Guelph, Ont., and tasked Own The Podium with their deployment.

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Edinburgh Airport launches Covid-19 pre-departure rapid test trial

Edinburgh airport is to trial pre-departure rapid Covid-19 testing.The airport will work in partnership with PocDoc and BioSure to deliver the rapid testing, which gives results within 15 minutes.The week-long trial is set to be part of the recovery plan for the aviation industry, and will start from Monday.The rapid tests only require a saliva sample, meaning no nasal swab and a more positive testing experience.The trial will be open to staff and campus volunteers due to low passenger numbers and will demonstrate how testing can be scaled at airports, potentially adding to the testing capability already in place at Edinburgh Airport.Gordon Dewar, chief executive of Edinburgh Airport, said: “We know testing will be part of our travelling

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At-home and over-the-counter: U.S. strikes deal for COVID-19 rapid test kit

White House coronavirus adviser Andy Slavitt says the government awarded a $231-million contract to scale up production of a COVID-19 home test recently authorized by U.S. regulators.For months, health experts have stressed the need for fast, widespread home testing so that people can screen themselves and avoid contact with others if they have an infection.

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Reliance signs $ 15 mln deal with Israeli firm for COVID-19 rapid test kits

COVID-19 breath testing system that provides results within seconds."It takes a few seconds to get the result," BOH's CEO, Arie Laor, told PTI.The tests conducted by the company so far have given back results in less than a minute, he added.According to the agreement, the Indian corporate giant will purchase hundreds of systems from the Israeli company in a deal valued at USD 15 million and will use them to conduct millions of tests a month at a cost of USD 10 million per month, business portal Calcalist reported earlier.Reliance will also lead research of the system in India and will distribute the platform throughout the country and in the Far East, it added.BOH is said to have developed a breath test system that identifies COVID-19 at a

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How rapid tests are being used to test for COVID-19 across Canada

About 1.3 millionBC’s Ministry of Health could not provide a number of tests used, but says as of Jan. 12, more than 230,000 rapid point-of-care tests have been distributed to local health authorities.According to the Ministry of Health, the province has a number of pilot programs for long-term care homes, acute care, residents coming into provincial correctional facilities, and rural and remote settings, including First Nations and Indigenous communities.

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Provinces urge feds to ramp up rapid testing at airports amid new COVID-19 variant

quarantine rules and aren’t bringing more cases of the novel coronavirus onto Canadian soil.The calls come amid multiple reports of a new COVID-19 variant spreading within the U.K. and, recently, making its way into Canada.

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Get rapid tests into care homes now, says B.C. seniors’ advocate

Fraser Health Authority’s move to oversee a pair of Abbotsford care homes with serious COVID-19 outbreaks underscores the need to deploy rapid tests as soon as possible.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said in late November that B.C.

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‘She just had a negative test’: COVID-19 hits family hard after expedited test at Calgary airport

COVID-19 test pilot after a family member returned home and spread the virus to at least seven other people after an initial negative result.Last month, Gabe Kane’s sister, who currently lives with him and his family, took part in the YYC rapid test pilot program for a work-related trip to Utah.The pilot program allows international travellers to bypass the mandatory 14-day quarantine rule if they receive a negative COVID-19 test result. Expedited COVID-19 testing now available at Calgary airport, Coutts border crossing When Kane’s sister returned, she isolated at the airport hotel until her first test result came back.

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‘She had just had a negative test’: Concerns rise over rapid testing at Calgary airport

An Alberta man is questioning the effectiveness of the Calgary airport’s expedited COVID-19 test pilot. As Blake Lough reports, at least eight people were infected with COVID-19 after what is believed to be a faulty result from the program.

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The U.S. is conducting millions more rapid coronavirus tests, but are results reported?

coronavirus testing, the U.S. can now screen several million people daily, thanks to a growing supply of rapid tests.

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Health Canada approves first antigen rapid test for coronavirus

Health Canada has given the green light to another rapid test for the virus that causes COVID-19.The Panbio test from Abbott Rapid Diagnostics in Germany is the first antigen test to be approved in Canada.Antigen tests look for specific markers on the outside of a virus, while all the tests previously approved in Canada look for the novel coronavirus’s genetic material.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau says Health Canada approved Abbott rapid test amid criticism on delays from opposition

During Question Period on Wednesday, official opposition leader Erin O’Toole questioned the government’s delay in delivering rapid COVID-19 testing and compared Canada’s testing with the EU and the U.S.

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Health Canada approves rapid coronavirus test after feds put 7.9M on order

Health Canada has approved a rapid novel coronavirus test that can detect the respiratory illness in as little as five minutes.The news comes one day after the federal government announced it had signed a deal securing up to 7.9 million Abbot ID Now COVID-19 rapid tests once they were approved by Canadian health officials.More to come.

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FDA OKs COVID-19 rapid test; CDC talks testing guidance

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a rapid COVID-19 test developed by Abbott Laboratories.

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Mylab gets commercial approval from ICMR for Covid-19 antigen rapid testing kit

New Delhi: Mylab Discovery Solutions on Wednesday announced that its ‘Pathocatch’ covid-19 antigen rapid testing kit has received a commercial approval from the Indian Council of Medical Research, making it the first Indian firm to get the nod.“After bringing an affordable RT-PCR test to reduce dependence on foreign kits, we launched Compact XL to accelerate COVID-19 testing. Now, with the approval for an antigen testing kit, we will cover whole spectrum of COVID-19 testing and leave no stone unturned to fight this pandemic," Mylab managing director Hasmukh Rawal was quoted as saying in a statement.Mylabs said its antigen test is priced at ₹450 per unit.

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Coronavirus: Abbott’s Covid-19 test has potential accuracy issues, FDA warns

FDA said that it was particularly concerned about false-negative results, in which an infected person is told by the test that they don’t have the disease.

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Covid-19 rapid test from Abbott, used by WH, missed 48% of positives: NYU study

The coronavirus test from Abbott Laboratories used at the White House to get rapid answers to whether someone is infected may miss as many as half of positive cases, according to a report from New York University.

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COVID-19: Canadian biotech company recalls rapid test kits

Ottawa biotech company, Spartan Bioscience is voluntarily recalling rapid tests for COVID-19, after Health Canada raised concerns about the effectiveness of those kits. Mike Le Couteur reports.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Tam says Spartan rapid test for COVID-19 ‘didn’t perform well’ in clinical setting

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First samples of HLL's India-made rapid testing kits fail quality test in Kerala

NEW DELHI/ERNAKULAM: In a setback, the first samples of state-owned HLL Lifecare Ltd’s indigenous rapid antibody test kits that was sent to Kerala has failed quality tests, three people in the know told Mint.

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ICMR to assess use of rapid test kits after states cry foul

A day after it suspended the much-hyped rapid antibody test kits from China, following complaints of faulty results from several states, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said it will assess the scope and extent of utility of the test in field conditions.

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1 lakh South Korean rapid test kits reach Andhra, CM Jagan Mohan tests negative

AMARAVATI : Apart from officially flagging off the rapid testing kits imported from South Korea on Friday, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy also underwent the COVID-19 test. When the results came about ten minutes later, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when Jagan Mohan Reddy tested negative for coronavirus.

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325 Covid-free districts in India; 5 lakh rapid test kits in from China: Govt

India received five lakh rapid COVID-19 testing ki... moreIndia received five lakh rapid COVID-19 testing kits from China on Thursday, the government said.

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Covid-19: India to get first lot of rapid test kits from China

NEW DELHI: India will soon get the first lot of much needed rapid anti-body test kits from China to aid the quick detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the novel coronavirus disease.

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Health Canada approves rapid test kits for COVID-19

Ottawa biotech company Spartan Bioscience has the green light from Health Canada to expand production of its rapid COVID-19 test kits, which offer results within minutes and without a lab. Abigail Bimman reports on how it could change the dynamic of testing in this country.

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Bengaluru startup Bione launches rapid covid-19 home screening test kit

BENGALURU : Bengaluru-based biotech startup Bione said on Thursday that it has launched a rapid covid-19 at-home screening test kit. The company claims that the kit, priced between ₹2,000 and ₹3,000 depending on global supply, is easy to use and displays accurate results within minutes.

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Test that can detect coronavirus in minutes gets U.S. approval

Abbott Laboratories said on Friday it won U.S. marketing approval for a diagnostic test for the coronavirus that can deliver results to patients within minutes and be used in physicians offices and urgent care clinics, as well as hospitals.

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Global COVID-19 total tops 300,000; FDA OKs rapid test

The global number of COVID-19 cases topped 300,000 today, with numbers soaring in western Europe and pandemic activity heating up in North America and other parts of the world

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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